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MIDDLEBUHGH, SNYDER CO., PA., SEPTEMBER 5, 1889.
NO. 3B.
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85 per gallon.
Uersoxof Shamokin wnn
lomlay.
Lo works more of reduced
Guncbergef to prepare
Inter stock.
ieininger on Saturday pur-
futher's house and lots at
Lf,alfl u Middleburgh for
.IJleburgh Band has been
'to furnish music for a pic-
zeppa,(Boycrtown), Union
Sept. 1.
lldlcbiirgh Ban d this week
HPveu new horns from
Jintin, which complete a
ift. the cOHt of which foots
Lie thousand dollars.
St Clair of Philadcl-
V Annie HasBenplug of Mil-
Miss Katie Hassenplug of
te the guests of D. T.
kul family.
was Labor Day. It made
Ll rliruiee in our neighbor-
le busy people labored as
i-arn bread and the lazy
red to keep awake.
ll, Lutheran Missionary to
111 preach in the Union
Middleburgh, Tuesday ev-
Ipteniber 10th. All are
nvited to attend,
end of Mrs. Shindel takes
morrow, (Friday) at 11
The late hour is set for the
ilution of the relatives
tast who will arrive on the
unclaimed letters in Mid-
: Dr. L. W. Bock, Thomas
N Wigler, James J. Hum-
. B. Sheneck, Dr. M. F.
J. W. Swartz. P. M.
r. Harm' sermon on Sun-
ling is spoken of as u mas-
It. He took his text from
chapter and 7th verse:
took the book out of his
Buckuell University may
f its President.
By the finest lot of brick
nifactured in Snyderoounty
H-en in Witteninyer's new
hey were burned by John
Vml were the last he nmnu-
as his yard was washed
the June flood. We hope
start up again.
ell ! Just see t Our friend
the photographer, has
proved in his line of busi
?s now making beautifully
11 - i - 1 11 1
ki puoios in nis gaiiery ui
, Pa. Cabinets $3 per doz-
jf or $2; card size 1.50 per
Hit for $1. It will pay you
in a call if you want fine
jphs.
Kleckner, of Yellow Creek,
fell another car-load of se
pia horses in Middleburgh,
flay, September 10. They
at the Washington House
jbout September 5th. Any
lining to Middleburgh who
a purchaser and cannot re
name day will have his ho-
lid to the following "morn
bills.
pday our friend and brother,
rout, editor of the Lewis
t J'rtMa called at our office
-d that he had his resigns
eputy Revenue Collector in
k-t and wanted to give it to
p. te informed him that
not the proper authority to
it and if we were we would
pt it as we didn't know of
Pn in this wide, wide world
would rather see hold so
an office than he. We real
regret that the signs of
i indicate his dismissal, for
-en an obliging and efficient
pne whose onlv fault is an
ats political color under the
diuinistration.
Squirrels were free on Monday.
Shoot ni quick.
Miss Hat tie Swartz of Troxelville
spent Sunday with her brother, J.
W. Swartz.
J. M. Steininger of the Post took
an 181 inch German Carp "out of
the wet" on Monday night.
Last week William Romig sold his
house and two lost iu the wost end
of town to E. A. Steininger for 800,
Henry Renuiugcr of Franklin is
putting the slate on J. W. Orwig's
new house. It is A mechanical job.
Squirrel appear to be plenty in
the west end of the county. A party
of four from Beavertown killed forty
on Tuesday.
A Lawn festival will bo held at
Smithgrove, Saturday evening, Sep.
7, 188!) for the benefit of repairing
the church. All are invited.
When ft man gets "three sheets in
the wind" it is time for him to wrap
the drapery of his couch about him
and lie down to pleasant dreams.
J. G. Moyer of Adamsburg has
purchased one thousand acres of
timber land in Somerset Co., and
will commence cutting it out forth
with.
We are sorry to learn that Win.
Sholly of Jackson township was kick
ed by u horse and had three ribs
broken. He will be laid up for at
least five weeks.
The cigarette habit is increasing
faster than the cigar habit. Last
year taxes on 2,151,515,200 over the
year before. For the same period
3,807,385,050 cigars were taxed, an
increase of 22,058,900.
We expect to invest liberally iu
Dr. Brown-Sequrd's Elixir of life to
bring back to life a lot of fellows
who promised to pay their subscrip
tion at September Court "as sure
as they lived."' There'll be dead
incii, dead men sure.
Notice To Tax Payers. All taxes
that are iu my duplicate nnd not pay
ed for the year 18S8 must be paid on
or before the 1st of December or I
must collect them according to law.
Wm. G. Smith, Collector of W.B.twp.
Sep- 'Hi)- 3w-
George Lay ton killed a black
snake on Shade mountain on Mon
day that measured (i feet and 0 inch
es in length. As it had no ring
around its neck, no horns, didn't
whistle and had no bell on, this may
be accepted as a true snake story.
Grand Rapids, Mich., offered a
boundy for the killing of English
sparrows and up to date boys have
slaughtered over 10,000 of the pests.
In addition the boys have tilled a
horse with bird shot, punctured the
leg of one of their number with the
same, and put out the eye of nuoth
er.
Speaking of the magnitude of a
million a wheat broker says that if
1,000,000 bushels were loaded on
freight cars, 500 bushels to the car,
it would fill a train over fifteen
miles long ; if transported by the
common wagon, forty-four bushels
per wagon, it would make a line of
teams 142 miles long.
The katydids and crickets have
opened their nightly concerts, indi
cative of the approach of fall the
uiartains have left us, while the
song birds are flocking preparatory
to their migration southward, and
soon we will have nothing left of the
feathered tribe but the wicked little
English sparrows.
William Moyer of Freeburg, deal
er in granite and marble, set up a
beautiful granite headstone over the
grave of Frederick E. Kremer on
Monday. He also at the same time
put up a beautiful white Portland
marble monument over the remains
of Mrs. Laura Smith, and a marble
head-stone for Mrs. Levi Stuck
Mr. Moyer is not only one of the
oldest but one of the most skilled
workers in marble in the State and
we dare say his work on our ceme
tery bears out the assertion.
C. P.- Swengel has erected a hy
draulic eider press at Paxtonville
and is doing an immense business.
It is the only press of the kind in
this section of the county, and is
rapidly driving the old style presses
out of existence. The same kind of
press wa built by tho Walters at
Middleburgh last summer, but the
June flood took it along.
Boouastiel has written his fiftieth
letter for the Post, and it is encour
aging to him to see the favor his
productions have met with our rea-
lers. His mission is a double one.
First, to stab Error, and, second, to
give Bight a friendly push. He will
continue writing for the Post as
long as he is appreciated, clothe his
thoughts in tho homely language of
our fathers and "shoot Folly as it
flies."
Oh To Gettysburg 1 Capt. Ryan
Post, G. A. R., of Middleburgh will
start for Gettysburg in a body on
the morning of September 1. Some
thirty members have already made
arrangements for transportation and
more are expected. Tho train isdue
here at H:12, via Selinsgrove Junc
tion and it is desired that all. arrive
in timo for this train. All soldiers
are invited to accompany the Post.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany are laying 2000 feet of side
track at Centre Hall preparatory for
the Granger's Pic-nic to be held du
ring tho week commencing Monday,
Sept. 10. They will run trains every
hour from all points. C. K. Sobers,
tho famous wing-shot expects to
give exhibitions of his skill with the
rifle and shot-gun every day during
the week.
"You may lukn lite world It conn niidtfrmt
And you will 1m Hiiro to nnd,
Tluit (!( will m ll lire the account nIii uwim,
V fliH-vcr coiiu-h mil IxMilud.
And Hit llitlnt.ilii.il Unit H limn hits dun.-,
lly wlmtsiH'ViT Indiiri'd.
Ili'lurn lit lust t lilm our I y om,
A I In' t'Utcki'iiH ihiii- liuiiii'M n -!.'
We had our doubts an to tin-truth
of the article published in last week's
Post from a Union county paper do
scribing tho strange manifestations
at the funeral of Mrs. Wm. Scnrls
of Lewisburg, but while iu Union
county on Sunday we learned from
a nephew of undertaker ('-inter that
the raps against tint floor were so
violent that the jarring nearly threw
the corpse oil' the t rustic-hoard.
Matt Kramer of Putnam county,
Pa., is over six feet tall, weighs 285
pounds, is not a fat man, but so
strong that there are men iu tho
county who want to bet $1,000 that
he is the strongest man in the world.
The other day ho raised a large stone
pedestal, weighing 1,!I00 pounds, mid
held it above his head for several
seconds, apparenty without much
effort.
On Tuesday morning tho house of
Perry Beaver in Jackson township
was burned down. One of the chil
drcn poured coal-oil in the stove to
kindlo the fire and then left for the
field. The coal -oil exploded the
stove and the fire spread so rapidly
that scarcely anything was saved.
The loss is estimated at about $1,000,
and was insured in the Beavertown
Mutual by Michael W. Beaver, now
dee'd, but tho policy had not yet
been transferred to the son, the
present owner.
This seems the age for swindlers,
and if you don't wuut to get your
eye-teeth cut, your best plan is to
look out for the man who doesn't
like to earn his bread by the sweat
of his brow, but who is going
around seeking a victim w hom he
can swindle out of a few dollars.
The latest fraud is found where you
would least expect it in the Silent
City of the Dead. A man is travel
ing about the country soliciting
orders for cleaning up grave stones
in the cemetery, that have become
discolored with dirt or mildew. He
does the work easily with diluted
acid, but the polished surface of
marble headstones is ruined by the
acid. Look out for him. Granite
monuments might not be injured,
but the use of nitric or sulphuric
acid on marble ought not to be toler
ated for a moment.
Penns Cave, near Spring Mills.
Centre county, 1ms been purchased
by a party of Pittsburg capitalists,
who intend beautifying and fitting
t up for a summer resort. We have
been throuch this cave half a dozen
timet and believe it to be the greatest
natural curiosity in the state of
Pennsylvania. So far as ' beautify
ing it" there is nothing like it, for
beauty unadorned is beautv crown
ed." Ik is neither half a mile long,
or an hundred feet to the dome of
its chambers as some of the miners
describe it, but tho beauty of its in-
tenor is simply indescribable while
its temperature is almost equal tho
year round cool as an ice-house.
Matrimonial Market. The follow
ing marriage licenses have been
granted by the clerk of the Orphans
Court of Snyder county during tho
last week i
J Oscar 8. Bower, Hummcls Wharf,
(Sarah Heiser, Kratzerville.
jAtninonW. Row, Salem,
)Clnra A. How,
USaniuelF. Mowerv, Penn twp.,
Amanda J.Amich, Washington twp
J Geo. A. Fihrawdor, Perry Co. Pa.,
( Surah J. Stuck, Perry t wp.
J Jacob H. Hetrick, Beavertown Pa
) Carrie E. Snook,
tBeuj. Bickhart, Chapman twp.
iMary M. Neitz,
J I. L. Luck, Cumberland, Md.,
Einina L. Duck, Salem.
WlionnlirhthiMlcthorriiHiiliisiliiwii, with low
nd plulnUve Imm
MuiHiultoe thirsting fur our hiond. iiroumt our
pillow enme i
We watch. W wait with bided limit ti while
strikes tlia midnight chlnii'.
And bit our cheukta HUtutlng ship mid iiiIm
Via very tliun.
Pension Commissioner Tanner
has issue 1 he following important
order concerning pensions s
"Tho rulo which has hitherto
maintained in this office rceardinir
proof of origin of disability, under
which tue evidence of the commis
sioned officer, or the orderly ser
geant, was accepted, while, in the
absence of that evidence, tlio testi
mony of two private soldiers has
been required, is hereby so fur mod
ified that, in tho absence of the evi
deiico of the eoinmissoncd officer or
tho orderly sergeant, the origin shall
beheld to be proven on the evi
dence of the claimant ami one pri
vate soldier, provided always tluit
said claimant and said private be
men of reputable character.
CiiritciiHii.l. News. The old stand
ard St. John's Sunday school of
West' Beaver, bought the finest
('Impel organ in Ccntcrnl Pennsyl
vania at an astonishing low figure.
They bought direct from the man
ufacturer and organist S. Steininger
of Middlocreek, Snyder county, Pa.
Buyers of organs will save all the
agent's profit and get from 20 to 50
dollors more organ at the same
price, by buying from him.
The annual picnic of St.Jolm's and
neighbor Sunday schools of West
Beaver will take place on tho old
grounds, Saturday, September 11th.
Music will be furnished in abun
dence, by the finest bands. We
hear every body say "that's the
picnic I am going to attend."
Shamokin Dam. Sunday Sept. 1st
was quite ail interesting day for tho
Lutheran of this place. They dedi
cated their new church and raised
five hundred dollars on tho occasion
which pays all the debts. The
church in a neat structure, finished
and well furnished and is a credit to
the place. The whole cost of build
ing was About four thousand dollars.
Clements Park is getting to bo u
great picnic place, as scarcely a day
passes that there are not ouc or two
ami sometimes more picnics there.
Mauy come from quite a distance,
and hardly a 'day passes without a
tight yesterday a laby ( ?) whaled a
man with a pailing till he got sand
in his teeth. Strange thut of all the
fights there is seldom any one from
this place concerned in it, but poor
Sliamokin Dam gets the credit as
being the worst place on this side of
Kratzerville. But taking it as a
whole, Shamokiu Dam has about as
respectable people as any other
town :uf its size. And what gives it
r ) ' name is Jthe off scourings of
oth?r pTices.
Fishing in booming, but catching
fish is another thing very few be
ing taken.
I spent a few days pleasantly at
Williams Grove last week. The
"Fort Augusta Snapper Club" of
Suubury had quite a time each of its
members carried a yonng snapper.
Gov. Beaver and other prominent
men dined with them and were roy
ally served by Susie Reeser, the
cook. Zack Het trick and Wool
Aurand were alout the hardest cas
es there from this place. They say
the water was bad but then they an
no judges of water as they never
wash or use any to drink.
Samuel Burns of Windfield has
purchased n tract of timber and is
now taking out tho props und ship
ping them from Clement station.
Wes. Wendt the Lookport grocery
man is doing a good business.
Lillian Hettrick and Maud Bake
les report a large time at the picnic
at "Picture Rock" last week.
Himo has stopped boating and is
now training E. R. Hottenstein's
white horse for the circus. The
horse can eat alone already.
The other day a Dutchman at Slia
mokin was struck by an engine and
thrown into the creek. When a lot
of people rushed to the place to see
the dead man, ho got up and
said: Des hut mich by (i-l sheer
farshrecked !"
We Notice
That Geo. Wilt and Scott Ritter
had their haircut.
That Jack Rilgor's pantaloons are
too tight.
That Pete Trait wears linen trous
ers. That Wm. Cui us is the boss mason
at the school house.
Thut Spoony Frymire left his wife
for a few days.
That Billie Spotz dare not go
along to Carlisle with tho Band.
That Scott Ritter had to nurse the
baby while his wife went to church.
That Perce Hottenstein's wife left
him for a week's visit iu Luzerne
county.
That Ben Butler drives .i fast
horse.
That Andy Herman was home on
suiiihiv, and Mary was happy.
That Frank Fisher's girl was in
town, and rraiik wis iu clover.
A i Msiifitu. - J. H. Stadon. wife
and children have left for their homo
iu Virginia.
Mrs. Banks Dreese anil Carrie
I'lsh have gone to Pittsburgh. Mr.
1). will make that her future home.
Rev. A. B. Middleswarth of Den
ver, Colorado, is vising her mother
and friends at this place.
Quite a number of our people vis
ited the G. A. R. encampment at
Wagner on last Saturday.
Rev. R. F. Hassinger preached in
tho Lutheran church last Sunday
from tho text, "Remember the Sab
bath day and keep it holy." It was
mi appropriate sermon.
Tho following citizens are laying
new pavements viz : Hon. A. S.
Helfrich, A. H. Ulsh, J. C. Scluvni
bach, W. F. Haines and Isaac Smith,
which will greatly add to tho im
provements of our town.
The plasterers have commenced
work on J. Greenhoe's new house.
Isaac Saltzman has weather-boarded
his house, and has otherwise im
proved it.
David Getz has purchased three
lots of Mr. McCliutic for 500 and
will erect a new house in tho near
future.
Rev. Mumma recently paid a visit
to his mother near Harrisburg.
Wo are sorry that our druggist, J
E. Honeycutt, will leave us in the
near future. He will locate at
Chambersburg, and will follow tho
drug business. Mr. R. H. Putter
sou of Juniata county, and Miss
Nettie Henry of Sunbury, were visit
ing the family of H. I. Romig.
At tho sale of Daniel Mourer,
dee'd John Zeiber bought tho farm
for $2,C50, H. J. Smith, lime-stouo
lot for 10, Moody & Singley, wood
land for 4800.
And now the squirrels are free,
and you can hear tho report of guns
in all directions. Reports have it
that some took advantage of the 1st,
for nil that it was Sunday.?? Hereaf
ter bo a littlo morn careful what day
you shoot. Caution or trespass no
tices have been put up at all cross
ings of tho S. & L, R. R.
J. O. Moyer has gone to Somerset
county on business.
Mrs. Laura and Mrs. W. H. Dreese
attended the Orange Pic nic at Wil
liams Grove.
Mr. A. E. Mitchel is on the sick
list.
Young men, when they go to see
their girls should not carry a bottle
of whiskey in their pockets. This
is a very bad practice. If you do
not respect yourself have some re
spect for the ladies.
of
TuoxEi.viu,E. Last Sunday Rev.
J.M.Slovor preached his an ual liar
vest sermon to a crowded house.
The church was fast fully decorated
with ever greens, and all kinds of
fruits and vegetables were displayed
in abundance. After the set-vises
all usefiill articles were donated to
the Rev. Mr. Stover.
The prospects ate good for a uro
lonired drouth. Our fniiii. iu ..mi l
llow until it rains.
Last Thursday evening the chil
Iron and grandchildren of old Mi s
Israel Erb gave hern grand birth
day surprise party. It being the
7th anuiversery of her birth. The
old lady is very feeble, and it was
feared that she might not be able to
boar the shock which it miizht um
ber, so her son Moses cautioned her
not to get scared if she got a lot
visitors. In a very short time tin
rest of the party mado their appear
ance an. 1 took her by storm. Mrs.
Ocker being iu the lead went diroct
for the old lady aud took her by
both ears and said: "Aunt Niillv.
dear mist net farshrecka won so feel
leit ulfie mole cooina far eich tsu
sana. Dear seit shear tsn nit far
ga tzuveled si, awer .inch nius ich
ir shy-let t era a wenich oils shtrecl:u '
The old lady could answer nothing
for a while, but in turn shed tears
o iicknowledga her thankfulness.
After cnngi-utulatiiiu-'hci- on her rim-
old age. she received unite ii mini
bel- of valuable and useful presents
i roc generations nl her own de
scendants were present. All agreed
that this was the boss surnrisc
party of the season, and the crei
should all be given to Miss I'.llen (
Kil, a grand -daughter of tin
lu.lv.
California Joe
Obituary.
lit
Mrs. Sallie Gohin Shindel, widow
of Rev. J. p. Shindel, after a widow
hood of 17 months followed her hus
band to tint eternal world on Tues
day morning, Sept. Itr.l at H o'clock.
She was taken with an attack ot
apoplexy, Thursday, Aug. 22, 1HW
and after suffering some twelve days
died peacefully as a child goes to
sleep. She was kindly attended iu
her last sickness by the children
and grand-children of Rev. Shindel.
Tho funeral will bo held on Friday,
Sept. 0th ut 11 o'clock. Mrs. Shindel
was born at Sunbury June 20, 182-'l.
Her parents were Edward and Su
sannah Gobin. She was the second
wife of Rev. J. P. Shindel, and had
with him two children, Edward and
M. Ellen who both survive her. In
her early days she became a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church, (the
church of her parents) but after
her marriage she adopted tin
church of her husband, (Lutheran i
and remained a faithful member un
til her death ; never neglecting to
attend services and especially punc
tual at the Lord's supper, always
liberal in her contributions towards
tho Benevolent workings of Un
church. She was a kind neighbor
und will bo missed by the whole
community. An affectionate wife
and indulgent mother. Her step
children will remember her with
much love and respect, as she al
ways tried to hold a place iu their
hearts same as a mother.
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